tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post160915135511560604..comments2008-06-05T13:24:39.854-07:00Akindele F. Akinyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615301401612913192noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-31660348470065586272008-06-05T13:24:00.000-07:002008-06-05T13:24:00.000-07:00Brother A:<BR/><BR/>For me it is not about just "Obama". Obama represents a machine. This machine already dominates where Black folks are most concentrated. This machine already runs our schools.<BR/><BR/>You should check out the happenings in Clayton County Georgia. After the county turned majority Black about 5 years ago our brothers and sisters proudly worked to take over the county governance away from the Good Ole Boys.....the White DEMOCRATS who ran the county in years past. During that next election the key campaign sign that sticks out was the one that read "We Run Things Now. Things Are Going To Be Different".<BR/><BR/>Indeed this is the case. Years of fighting has pushed out 3 superintendents. Today the school board is waiting on pins and needles regarding the decision to strip them of their accreditation during a vote in August of this year.<BR/><BR/>On Tuesday there was a local Black radio show in which the callers - Democrats- where slamming the Democratic leadership of the county - this same leadership that they put into office. <BR/><BR/>The point that is emblematic was that the second topic of the show was the great accomplishment for Black people in having Barack Obama running in the general election.<BR/><BR/>There is a 100% abstraction between what is going on in the streets of our communities and what we as Black people do in the voting booth.<BR/><BR/>Barack Obama is not going to stand up to the teachers unions any more than he has attempted to tell illegal immigrants in the context of reducing the pressure on low skilled Black workers made to battle for unskilled jobs with an increasing number of other poor people.<BR/><BR/>Evil George W. Bush increased educational spending $12 billion per year during his first budget over the last amount spent by Bill Clinton. Clinton in his final year as president was invited to speak at the NEA national convention to a roaring applause. The same NEA sued Bush for failing to spend enough on education.<BR/><BR/>For some strange reason I figure that $18 billion offered by Obama over Bush will be seen as a wholesale revolution in education IF you listen to the NEA.Constructive Feedbackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417405356099504421noreply@blogger.com